PT-2006-5890 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2006-10-03 · Updated 2021-07-23 · CVE-2006-5152

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Internet Explorer (affected versions not specified)

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a UTF-7 encoded URL that is returned in a large HTTP 404 error message without an explicit charset.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-5152

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5152 · Security Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-10/0017.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/447509/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/447574/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-10/0030.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/447516/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://osvdb.org/31328 · Note